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critfist t1_irtqod3 wrote

Reply to comment by Smart_Ass_Dave in TIL according to the Census of India of 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages by Sistermateriial

> India was not a country when the British arrived

I dunno if that's totally applicable though. Since it was more like a geographical region. Germany was a geographical region for a very long time until it coalesced.

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dudewiththebling t1_is26bxp wrote

> Germany was a geographical region for a very long time until it coalesced.

Germany was a collection of small kingdoms and similar states before kinda sorta becoming the Holy Roman Empire.

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critfist t1_is34428 wrote

Which only really held dejure influence over the region. It was more of a nebulous concept with a figurehead than a unified state.

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